"Purdy, Chris " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >I just picked up a gigabit and want to upgrade the video. > The local Microcenter has PC Radeon 9200 AGP 128Meg cards >for $60.00. I have not seen anyone flash these for mac use >in my searching. Is it doable? Has anyone done it on the >list? Haven't seen an R9200 flashed, nor was I aware of a Mac 9200 card from which to get a Mac ROM.
Alternate suggestions? I picked up a PC NVidia 64MB GeForce 3 (NOT an MX version!) for ~US$30 and flashed it for my QS (800mhz, ne� 733, 1GB ram, no L3) and it works great. Dunno what sort of tasks you have in mind though. If gaming, a GF3 will probably be faster than your processor anyway unless you've got a majorly upgraded CPU. My QS/GF3 runs Q3A Demo 1 (@ 1152x maxed everything) at ~65fps, not bad for a 3 year old war-horse. However IMO, the best choice would probably be a GeForce 4 Ti 4600, such as Apple shipped in BTO QS and MDD G4s. PC GF4 Ti4600 128MB cards these days go for ~$50 to $100 on eBay. I don't have a GF4Ti Mac ROM, but there's surely one floating around. For a (very) rough comparison with my GF3, I ran the exact same Q3A timedemo on a dually 1ghz with a GF4Ti and saw frame rates ~130fps. Faster processor, L3 cache _and_ a faster GPU all added up to roughly double the speed. hth, Dan K ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
